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#1

Hi

I’m an AppleScript newbie, so maybe my question is quite easy to answer. I need a folder action which monitors an FTP-folder and sends me an email (via Apple Mail) when someone puts something in the FTP-folder. I hope someone can help.

Thanks!

Best Regards

Brian D

#2

Hi again

After trying all sorts of things i managed to make a script that generates an email (yehaaa :slight_smile: )

 tell application "Mail"
set theRecipients to {"test@test"}
set theDisplayName to "test"
set theSubject to "This is a test"
set theSender to "test@test"
set theMsg to make new outgoing message
tell theMsg
	repeat with thisName in theRecipients
		make new to recipient at beginning of to recipients ¬
			with properties {address:thisName, name:theDisplayName}
	end repeat
	set sender to theSender
	set subject to theSubject
end tell
send theMsg

end tell

The only thing i need now is a folder action to start the mailscript when something is added to the folder. Any help?

Thanks!

Best Regards
BrianD

#3

Hi again

The folder action is finished and it was actually quite easy. It watches a folder and sends an email when things are added to the folder.

"on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items

tell application "Mail"
	set theRecipients to {"test@testemailadress"}
	set theDisplayName to "test"
	set theSubject to "This is a test"
	set theSender to "test@testemailadress"
	set theMsg to make new outgoing message
	tell theMsg
		repeat with thisName in theRecipients
			make new to recipient at beginning of to recipients ¬
				with properties {address:thisName, name:theDisplayName}
		end repeat
		set sender to theSender
		set subject to theSubject
	end tell
	send theMsg
end tell

end adding folder items to"

Applescript is great :smiley:

Best regards

Brian D